Nova Praxis: Savage Worlds Edition [Augmented PDF]

This is a special PDF version of Nova Praxis: Savage Worlds Edition. It is not just a fully bookmarked and linked PDF version of the book. The Augmented PDF has gone through an entirely separate layout process, developed from the ground up to run on widescreen laptop screens and tablets.

The Augmented PDF also features a built in form-fillable character sheet, and a number of navigational aids that allow you to reference the PDF far faster than using bookmarks or text searches.

Things have changed. We have changed.

Earth is lost to us, but even in the aftermath of this terrible tragedy, we grow, evolve, and even prosper. We have witnessed the death of our mother and the birth of a new era.

In what might have been the end, salvation was found in the synthesis of biology and technology. Augmentation, ranging from basic genetic manipulation to Apotheosis, set us on the path of prosperity. And more, these advances reinforced the importance of identity, individuality, and what it means to be human.

The loss of Earth and the resulting Exodus gave us an opportunity to start over with a clean slate. And we seized it.

The need for organization, stability, and a reliable government was clear, but the old ways came to be viewed by the survivors as archaic, clumsy, and too easily corrupted.

It was time for a new way…a Nova Praxis.

Today, social networks allow the will of the people to be measured instantly, accurately, and without the need for representation. The Coalition, guided by the collective voice of its people, has established new homes on worlds lit by new suns. Molecular assembly technology has made it possible for society to provide a quality of life never before imagined, at essentially no cost, to everyone. And we are virtually immortal.

But can this would-be utopia last?

Corruption in the Coalition government fosters decay from within. The Houses, our benefactors and patrons, run shadowy networks of intrigue, espionage, and assassination. Apostates, those who refuse citizenship in the Coalition, condemn those who would trade their privacy for the Coalition’s security. Remnants of Earth’s old governments wage a guerilla war on Coalition forces. Ideological extremists commit acts of terror using the latest horror to spring from a factory or test tube…

And the value of a human soul is weighed and measured in lines of code.

Nova Praxis is a post-singularity sci-fi setting that explores transhumanism and post-scarcity societies against a backdrop of action, adventure, conspiracy, and intrigue.

…an exploration of the societal impacts of a reputation-based post-scarcity economy.

…a game in which players play characters who slip between the cracks of civilization and perform jobs their patrons would rather keep off the books.

...a setting full of conflict. The Houses wage a secret Shadow War against each other, purist and transhuman ideologies clash violently, and apostates rebel against the oppression of the Coalition government.

The PDF is 273 gorgeous full color pages, featuring the artwork of Andrea Wallin (now working on Star Wars Episode VII!) and Marius Andrei! It combines all the content from the original Nova Praxis released for the Fate game system, as well as additional content from Machinations: The Nova Praxis Game Master's Companion (Fate), and the rules for playing Nova Praxis with the Savage Worlds game system.

Let me preface this by saying I don’t [yet] own the Savage edition of this. There’s plenty of cool to be had in the original Fate Core version, but honestly this system feels like a better fit. There’s just a bit too much crunch and not enough Fate feel here for it to jibe well with that system, in my opinion.

I thank Mike for all the work he put into that edition, and presumably this one.

I will definitely be picking it up at some point, because the alternative is home brewing a potentially very time- consuming and almost certainly sub par setting/mechanical extensions on your own.

Let me say that while the original does a great job of capturing flavor of the cyber/post human/ post singularity setting, to me Eclipse Phase does the best with setting (I’ve never used its rules) and for Fate Mindjammer is king (or queen, or whatever)

Cheers!

Clinton MJuly 17, 2015 7:33 am UTC

PURCHASER

Any chance for a reverse discount for the standard PDF? I've read through some of the augmented one and can see using it at the table to quickly reference something, but I would prefer reading its standard layout for a first time through.

Great setting by the way. I really like what you've done with creating a "World of Gray" where you can play for any corporation or an outcast without painting any of them as Good or Evil.

Jay WJune 24, 2015 7:12 am UTC

PURCHASER

I'm a little disappointed that there are so many non-linked "pg. (<?>)" references in the document.

Mike MJune 24, 2015 11:52 am UTC

PUBLISHER

I think there are about 10 of them that somehow got broken when Adobe pushed out the new version of InDesign. We'll be getting those fixed, and an update out, very soon. Thanks!

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